Preliminary psychometric properties of the Inferiority Complex Scale ...

Preliminary psychometric properties of the Inferiority Complex Scale (COMPIN10) in Bosnian-Herzegovinian, Serbian, Indian and Malaysian culture

,ore Cekrlija1,Nikola Milos Rokvi2, Shereena, N.M. 3, Kok Sern4, Lana Vujakovi1

1Faculty of philosophy, University of Banja Luka; 2Dr Lazar Vrkatic Faculty of Law and Business Studies, Novi Sad; 3University of Calicut; 4HELP University, Kuala Lumpur;

Email: djordje.cekrlija@ff.

INTRODUCTION

Short Inferiority Complex Scale (COMPIN-10) assess person's general feelings of inferiority conceptualized in the Adler's personality theory. The COMPIN-10 scale consists of 10 items which describe permanent feeling of inferiority, passivity, regression, lack of courage, fatalistic reaction and personal sense of lack of happiness. As well as the 40-items version of the Inferiority Complex Scale (Mitrovi, 1998), the COMPIN-10 scale shows good psychometric characteristics and a single factor structure (Cekrlija, uri & Mirkovi, 2016). Inferiority complex measure was found positively correlated with all facets of Neuroticism from the Alternative Five Factor Model of personality (Cekrlija et al. 2017). Obtained results of the studies sounded like opportunity to estimate the inferiority complex using psychometrically and theoretically well-founded short scale. Interest for the COMPIN-10 scale encouraged the idea to translate and validate the COMPIN-10 scale into other languages. In the first study English translation of the COMPIN-10 was used in Indian and Malaysian culture among bilingual population, while B-C-S and Serbian version of the COMPIN-10 were administrated in the BiH and Serbia. The aim of the conducted study was to consider preliminary psychometric properties of the short scale of inferiority complex (COMPIN-10) in BosnianHerzegovinian, Serbian, Indian and Malaysian culture.

Table 1. COMPIN-10 score descriptive parameters

M SD S K Min Max M ri-tot r (sum score - PC) Cohen d (gender)

r (age) F (country)

BiH 22.60 8.56

.71 -.09 10 ..47 .90 .48 1.00 .02

.00

India 27.23

Malaysia 29.78

8.05

8.42

.18

-.18

-.44

-.66

11

10

48

50

.82

.90

.31

.46

.99

.99

.22

.00

.-.12

F(3,729)=54.02, p ................
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